Binder file



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Patented Oct. 28, 1930 UNITED .STATES reifen-fnFi=1fCE flyApplication'le'ctober 1'9, :1927, ySeriell No. 227358', air im GireatBrj'tanNovember 10, .1926.' l

` '.Myinventionrdates to lfiles, for binding plurality oir' sheets `-orpapers together,

whereby-.they may .be easily turnedover for inspection, or one oit'hemor a-"loa-tch of 5 them may bfe'lreadily removed vwhen reV quired. i. K

n A rIfile'embodying the invention comprises a support, ,a member.pivotally vmounted on the Support andhaving vdetach-able posts." i0uponwhich the .sheetslorpapersare carried,

a device for clamping t'hegsheetsv or .papers in position, the clamping.devicecomprising a bar provided With` strips of material fon said barfor saving' the ,sheets -rom damage 15 by tea'ring by .t`he., p osts.` t

elements comprising .ilemay be variouslyconstructed and assembled.' tomeet the particular -service las Will ybe evident from the Viile IWilljnow-. cleseribe, byvvay of 20 example,` .vvithreer-'enceto .theaccompany-V ing drawings, and Asuitable lfor .sheets .typia-ll'e by,stock exchange :lists and newspapers. y

HOf these draw-ings?.

vlis-fa'plan; f Y 4 Fig@ isa "side elevation; Fig. 3 is an endelevation; Fig. 4 is a plan of a detail hereafter re-` ferred to; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of a modiication also referred tohereinafter..V

The same letters of reference are adopted to denote the same partsthroughout.

According to this form, I employ a back- 35 ing a of sti material, andof rectangular shape. The corners, or some of the corners, of thebacking may be strengthened inV any usual or suitable fashion Vasindicated at b, While for providing Jfor easy movement over 10 a tableor other support and to obviate scratching, the outer face of thebacking a may be fitted With a runner o or runners'o appropriate kind,such as, as represented, of the domed-disc variety. 2151 At one side oredge of the backing a I secure a bracket l in the form of a fiat plate ehaving its ends turned up at right angles to the body portion to formlugs f, f for the pivotal supporting of a detachable bar g. 5o The bar gmay be pivotally mounted in any convenient Way; for instance, ,theba-rgmay .have a 'screw-threaded-boring reaohzendV .i

for the receptionof-a screw-stud L havingfan f intermediate cir-cularportion `or neck iz', this ciroularportion .or neel: turni-11g the lugj@ onthelassemblage of the stud It Withf't'he bar g and constituting theVpivot"co-the bar g. Intermediate of'fits endsthe bar'g ,is 4:prosvidedwith two :or more-.detachable .posts jb j 1in spa-eed relation.Sui-tably, each post j ris screw-threaded throughout, r,andfoneof itsendsfisfinserte'd `into `a eorrespondinghole provided in the barv g,While the otherendf isurnished Witha removable ,nu-tlg, knurl'ed ,f

orfothervvise adapted .for convenient manipulationff:v These posts'xfy'are-ferthereception ofthe sheetspr the liketo .be filed,v Whichafreperforated' for .the purpose. Ti-ius the bar g and posts j,j'..constitute'a :carrier for the sheets. Y Y,

The zextreme end Zof each post y' fren-lote fromfits .bar :,gis ofsquareorQpolygonalifor-v mation forfthelreception 'of .a correspnnding keyfm,such as'ithat represented in F'igt, so `that :the ost .27', with its`associatednlut, 7c, may be qui@ 'ly detached'rom .theflbar andrre-attached.

` perforated libaris'iurnished for threading .over `.the,p.osts",j,-1.jf-and .clamping the sheets likevvise vthreaded ,over the ,posts i" j,Lfor ,filings .strips 0.,- fofoffleiiible material fare' connected to.i'tforfnnctioning .as proftectorsjto 'thesheets `relaiively v.to .the

4'For use, the l'Carrierloargis mounted .in the'bracket'clonthebac'lring ci vvfitlllthegposts j, j attached thereto, but Withgthenuts la., 7c andthe clamping v'bar nremoved. 'Then fthe sheets, whichjhavfe been 4previously Epuliehed in "a usual wayin .p agreement withtheposts y', Aj', A('or in 'the Way described fin fthe .specification'of my' .corresponding United' States application, `*Sei'i'al No,227,752 Vflier lpeif'e- The sheets can' V'-be examined 'by turningrotation of the carrier bar gA and the clampv sheets can be displacedand replaced by another; while tofadda new sheet on the topk of the pileof assembled sheets it is only necessary to remove the-nuts Z0, andclamping bar n and then reapply them over the new` Instead ofthe ends Z,Z of the posts '3,7' being adapted for the reception of thekey m, they,as'depicted in F ig. -5, maybe of lnormal formation and provided with ayhole for the reception of a tommy pin p; Y 25V gle formation, they maybe constructed in Again,instead ofthe posts j,'j being' of sinsectionsinwell-known fashion to'permit of building up tomeet the growthfo'f thepile of sheets. f 'f f The various parts mentioned may be of anyappropriate material, but, suitably, the back ing a is Ofca'r'dbOard or-the`like,the bracket (Z, the bar the screw-:stud h,3thepo'st y', thenut Zc,`the key m and the bar nareofzmetal, and the strip 0 is ofleather. l j

In the example, it will beunderstood that the backing a constitutesthe'niain support of the file,fwhereas, in other forms,=fthe bracket cimay be adopted asl the support, i. e., thebacking a may be dispensedwith.

1 What I claim and desir-etto securei'by yLet- Y ters Patent is:

i. A binder sie Comprising a. backing, a

bracket secured. to the backing, a barpivotally mounted in the bracket,posts detachably connected to the bar, a clamping bar removably combinedwith the posts, nuts associated with the postsL and the clamping bar,and

means whereby the extreme ends of-the posts remote from the bar areadapted for there-v oeption of adevice for removing and 'replacingAtheposts. V i 2. A binder file comprising a support, a

Y member pivotally mounted on the support and having detachable postsupon which the sheets or papers are carried, a device vfor clampingsheets or papers in position, the clamping device comprising a barprovided with strips of material adaptedto lie between the sheets orpapers and posts for saving the sheets from damage by the posts when thesheets or pa- Y pers are open.

ally mounted in the bracket, posts detachably.

andhavingv posts4 upon Awhich sheets or papers arecarried,"a"deviee forclamping the lsheets or papers in position, the clamping devicecomprising Va bar provided with strips `of material adapted-tolie'be'tween kthesheets or vpapers and the postsfor saving the sheetsfroindamage by theposts when the sheets .or papers are open j *'5. A'binder'A file comprising a. backing, a

bracketsecured to the backing, a bar pivotally mounted' in the bracket,posts connected to the bar, a clamping bar ,removably combined-With theposts,`nuts associatedvwith the Vposts and-the clampingbar, the clampingb ar being provided with `strips ofmaterial ada-pted to lie betweensheets and posts for saving the sheets from dali'nage'bygi posts'when'the -sheets are open.

6.*Aibinder file and` ha-vingldetachable posts `upon ,whichy the sheetsorfp'apers ar'ecarried, said posts being screwed to said pivoted member,a device for Clampingthe sheets or papers in'positionr, theclampingdevice comprisinga bar provided with strips ot materiallada-ptedto lie between the sheets or papersand the posts for saving the sheetsfromdamage by the sheets orpapers are open..

In testimony wherof, I 'affix' my signature.

IVILLIAM WALLACE SPIERS.`

v e comprisinga support,A a'.V member pivotally mounted on thesupportfposts when'the,Y

